With yet more data released by leading international scientific agencies showing we have lived through not just the hottest year on record, but consecutively the three hottest years on record, it is becoming harder and harder to refute the clear evidence of escalating global warming.

According to government data out today, Australia’s emissions have increased by over four million tonnes in the year to June 2016 and are projected to keep rising to 2030. Without stronger energy and climate policies, government’s own inadequate 2030 target will be blown by around a billion tonnes, said The Climate Institute.

The draft recommendations of the G20’s Financial Stability Board’s Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD), released last night, have confirmed that both the impacts of climate change and the implementation of the Paris agreement’s commitment to limit warming to 1.5-2°C, present immense implications for all companies, asset owners and managers, The Climate Institute said.

Representatives of Australia’s communities, households, business energy users and energy suppliers today called on the Commonwealth Government, the States and all other stakeholders to support reform of Australia’s energy systems and markets to ensure reliability and affordability as we decarbonise the energy system.